The reporter interviewing him had at first speculated the crowd was chanting "Let's Go Brandon."
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Multiple reports say the phrase relates to a NASCAR crowd chanting "F**k Joe Biden," while driver Brandon Brown was being interviewed following a victory. "Anyone making these calls is directly interfering with safety," the memo said. Southwest Airlines says it is launching an internal investigation after a report that one of its pilots used the anti-Biden slang phrase 'Let's go Brandon' over a plane's public address.
Last week, the union representing United Airlines ( UAL) pilots said in a memo obtained by CNN that an in-flight radio frequency meant for emergency transmissions "is not to be used as a personal pulpit."Ĭaptain James Belton of the United chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association told CNN that the memo was related to "Let's go Brandon" being transmitted on the emergency radio frequency 121.5.
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The Associated Press, which had a reporter on board the flight, first reported that a pilot of a Friday flight from Houston to Albuquerque ended his typical greeting to passengers with the phrase "Let's go Brandon," which has become right-wing code for "F**k Joe Biden." The AP report said passengers responded with audible gasps. "Southwest is conducting an internal investigation into the recently reported event and will address the situation directly with any Employee involved while continuing to remind all Employees that public expression of personal opinions while on duty is unacceptable." Southwest Airlines has vowed to investigate after at least one of its pilots uttered the words Let’s go Brandon over the plane’s public address system. Southwest Airlines is investigating reports that a pilot said Let’s go Brandon during a recent flight, a phrase that has caught fire in conservative circles to express opposition to. "Southwest does not condone Employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job," the airline said in a Sunday statement. (Reporting by Nicholas P.(CNN Busienss) Southwest Airlines ( LUV) says it is launching an internal investigation after a report that one of its pilots used anti-Biden slang over a plane's public address system during a flight. "Southwest does not tolerate any behavior that encourages divisiveness," the company said. Representative Jeff Duncan from South Carolina wore a facemask sporting the phrase at the U.S. Senator Ted Cruz tweeted a photo of himself at baseball's World Series, posing with a fan holding a "Let's Go Brandon" sign. Southwest Airlines opened an internal investigation into the pilot accused of saying 'Let’s go Brandon' at the conclusion of an intercom announcement to passengers. Some Republican congressmen have unapologetically embraced the phrase as a rallying cry. "Southwest does not condone employees sharing their personal political opinions while on the job," the company said in Sunday's statement, adding that the pilot's views should not be interpreted as representative of the company's. An internal investigation has been announced by Southwest Airlines after a pilot was heard using the conservative phrase Let’s go, Brandon in a. As Brown was interviewed on camera after the race, the largely conservative crowd chanted "F-k Joe Biden!" The interviewer mistook the chant for "Let's Go Brandon," and the phrase has been a euphemism ever since. The phrase has become an anti-Biden meme in the wake of a NASCAR race earlier this month, won by NASCAR driver Brandon Brown.
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